Nagod princely state court fee / revenue stamp

NAGOD 9 GUN SALUTE STATE

Nagod State is formerly Central India States (Baghelkhand )Agency, later Bundhelkhand. now in Madhya Pradesh State. area of state was 1298 Sq. Kms. ,and population of state was 75,000 in 1931. Privy purse of state at the time of accession on 1 Jan1950 was Rs.55,400.

In 1344 the city of Uchchakalpa, present-day Unchahara, was founded by Raja Veerraj Judeo when he seized the fort of Naro from the Teli Rajas. In 1720 the state was renamed Nagodafter its new capital. In 1807 Nagod was a tributary to Panna and was included in the sanadgranted to that state. In 1809, however, Lal Sheoraj Singh was recognized and confirmed in his territory by a separate sanad granted to him. Nagod State became a British protectorate after the treaty of Bassein in 1820. Raja Balbhadra Singh was deposed in 1831 for murdering his brother. The state fell into debt and in 1844 the administration was taken over by the British owing to economic mismanagement. The ruler was loyal during the Indian Mutiny in 1857 and was granted the pargana of Dhanwahl. In 1862 the Raja was granted a sanad allowing adoption and in 1865 local rule was reestablished. Nagod State was a part of Baghelkhand Agency from 1871 till 1931, when it was transferred along with other smaller states back to Bundelkhand Agency. The last Raja of Nagod, HH Shrimant Mahendra Singh, signed the accession of his state to the Indian Union on 1 January 1950.

Court Fee Stamps :--

Type- 2 :- Used in 1894-1915 AD. Circuat hand stamp of 25 mm. diameter on coloured wove paper. Imperf.

One anna, Violet . Ref. # 21

Type- 4 :-Used in 1935-40 AD, Size 78 x 38 mm. , Perf. 12 , Wove paper.

One anna, Vermilon . Ref. # 41

Type- 5 :- Used in 1943-44 AD, Size 77 x 37 mm. , Perf. 11 , Wove paper.

Four annas, Green . Ref. # 53

Type- 6 :- Used in 1948 AD, Size 77 x 38 mm. , Type 5 redrawn , Perf. 8 ½ , Wove paper.

Four annas, Green . Ref. # 63

Type-7A :- Used in 1948 AD, Size 80 x 38 mm. , Type 7 redrawn with portrait slightly tilted to left and the value panel at the bottom is also changed , Imperf. , Wove paper.

Two annas, Scarlet . Ref. # 72A

Type- 7B - Used in 1944-45 AD, Size 81 x 38 mm. , Type 7 redrawn with same portrait but shading is added in all the panels and the value panel at the bottom is also changed , Perf. 12 , Wove paper.

1 Anna, Scarlet Red, Ref. # 71B

Type- 7C :- Used in 1943-45 AD, Size 81 x 38 mm. , Type 7 redrawn using close up of the portrait and shading is added in all the panels and the value panel at the bottom is also changed , Imperf. , Wove paper.